Wi-Fi 6 certification 802.11ax

The Wi-Fi Alliance has formally launched product certification based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, which the alliance last year decided to call Wi-Fi 6. And soon it will be here. In the third quarter of 2019, will provide capacity, coverage, and performance required by users to experience next generation Wi-Fi® use cases, from streaming ultra high-definition (Ultra HD) movies to mission critical business applications.

Probably the detail consumers will notice most of all is that as devices like smartphones begin shipping with Wi-Fi 6 certification, the signal strength icon will also show whether they’re connected to 802.11n (now Wi-Fi 4), 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) or 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), as shown in the image below.